| dc.description.abstract | Ayub, a year older and with an overactive imaginati
on, cannot cope with the ever
changing world. He grows up in a loving family whic
h comprises his father, an editor for a
national newspaper and his mother, a hotel owner. B
ut the complexities of the changing world
push him into his imagination where he creates imag
inary companions – his secret friends – who
guide him along his journey of discovery and often
offer an alternative to the ‘real’ world.
Ayub looks up to his parents and they become the an
chor that holds him to reality. His
relationship with his father is particularly strong
and he seems to learn a lot from him. But the
changes in the world prove too harsh for him and he
is pushed further and further into his
imagination and further away from reality and the r
elationships around him.
When the Head of State is almost overthrown, the co
untry goes through a significant
change that leads to his father losing his job and
later his identity. Ayub has to deal with a father
who is angry at the world, who becomes Abusive, and
who becomes a shadow of what he used to
be. Ayub has to travel through worlds to find his f
ather and ultimately himself.
After losing his job, his father becomes an alcohol
ic and gets into trouble with the Party
of The Cock which eventually arrests him causing hi
s family – and Ayub – to fall further into
turmoil. Ayub has to reconcile with the changing wo
rld around him and beyond, and find his
place. | en_US |
